Spongites agulhensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Corallinales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Rhodophyta Subdivisio: Rhodophytina Classis: Florideophyceae Subclassis: Corallinophycidae Ordo: Corallinales

Familia: Corallinaceae
Subfamilia: Porolithoideae
Genus: Spongites
Species: Spongites agulhensis

Name

Spongites agulhensis Maneveldt, E.van der Merwe & P.W.Gabrielson, 2015

• Type locality: Stinkbaai, L'Agulhas, Cape Agulhas, Western Cape Province, South Africa (34°49'26.26"S, 20°01'0.69E).
• Type: Gavin W. Maneveldt; 21 October 2011; epilithic on shale platform, upper intertidal. L 0820786. Isotype: UWC 11/53.

References

• Van der Merwe, E., Miklasz, K., Channing, A., Maneveldt, G.W. & Gabrielson, P.W. 2015. DNA sequencing resolves species of Spongites (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) in the Northeast Pacific and South Africa, including S. agulhensis sp. nov.. Phycologia 54(5): 471–490. DOI: 10.2216/15-38.1 PDF Reference page. : 475, figs 12–24
• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2017. Spongites agulhensis. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 17 August 2017.